[INDOLOGY] "Caste passing"

[Artur Karp]

And - the cases of God showing himself to the believers in the body of a
Chandala?

Artur Karp

2018-01-21 12:33 GMT+01:00 Manu Francis via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info>:

> Dear Nagaraj Paturi,
>
> Yes, you are right.
> Novels are also part of the query.
>
> With very best wishes.
>
> --
>
> Emmanuel Francis
> Chargé de recherche CNRS, Centre d'étude de l'Inde et de l'Asie du Sud
> (UMR 8564, EHESS-CNRS, Paris)
> http://ceias.ehess.fr/
> http://ceias.ehess.fr/index.php?1725
> http://rcsi.hypotheses.org/
> Associate member, Centre for the Study of Manuscript Culture (SFB 950,
> Universität Hamburg)
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> https://cnrs.academia.edu/emmanuelfrancis
>
> 2018-01-21 10:16 GMT+01:00 Nagaraj Paturi <nagarajpaturi at gmail.com>:
>
>> The query was for
>>
>> "I am searching for *references in** Indian literature* and *classical
>> texts *of instances of "caste impersonation", i.e. when an individual or
>> a group "passes" as a caste which is not their original birth group. My
>> search includes such instances in *contemporary literature*"
>> (highlighting mine)
>>
>> Since the first sentence has Indian literature and classical texts , I
>> thought 'contemporary literature' in the second sentence means contemporary
>> literary texts such as novels. Am I right?
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Jan 21, 2018 at 2:56 AM, Tyler Williams via INDOLOGY <
>> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>>
>>> Addendum: one of his publications that bears directly on the subject is:
>>>
>>> 2014. “Lal Beg Underground: the Passing of an ‘Untouchable’ God.” In
>>> Knut A. Jacobsen, Mikael Aktor and Kristina Myrvold, eds., *Objects of
>>> Worship in South Asian Religions: Forms, Practices, and Meanings*, pp.
>>> 143-162. New York: Routledge.
>>>
>>> On Sat, Jan 20, 2018 at 3:25 PM, Tyler Williams <
>>> tylerwwilliams at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear Dr. Francis,
>>>>
>>>> Joel Lee <https://anso.williams.edu/profile/jl20/> at Williams College
>>>> in the US has written on the phenomenon of caste 'passing' in contemporary
>>>> South Asia and is also interested in historical and literary precedents. I
>>>> am sure that it would be fine if Dr. Headley contacted him directly, but I
>>>> would also be happy to introduce them if she prefers.
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>> Tyler Williams
>>>> University of Chicago
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 10:56 AM, Manu Francis via INDOLOGY <
>>>> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Dear Colleagues,
>>>>>
>>>>> I forward below a query on behalf my Colleague Zoé Headley.
>>>>>
>>>>> (on her current project "Studies in Tamil Studio Archives and Society
>>>>> (S.T.A.R.S.)"
>>>>> see e.g:
>>>>> http://www.ifpindia.org/content/studies-tamil-studio-archive
>>>>> s-and-society-stars
>>>>> and
>>>>> http://www.lemonde.fr/sciences/video/2018/01/19/une-autre-hi
>>>>> stoire-de-l-inde-ecrite-par-ses-photos_5244050_1650684.html)
>>>>>
>>>>> Any help will be much appreciated.
>>>>>
>>>>> Her query is:
>>>>>
>>>>> "I am searching for references in Indian literature and classical
>>>>> texts of instances of "caste impersonation", i.e. when an individual or a
>>>>> group "passes" as a caste which is not their original birth group. My
>>>>> search includes such instances in contemporary literature"
>>>>>
>>>>> With very best wishes.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>>
>>>>> Emmanuel Francis
>>>>> Chargé de recherche CNRS, Centre d'étude de l'Inde et de l'Asie du Sud
>>>>> (UMR 8564, EHESS-CNRS, Paris)
>>>>> http://ceias.ehess.fr/
>>>>> http://ceias.ehess.fr/index.php?1725
>>>>> http://rcsi.hypotheses.org/
>>>>> Associate member, Centre for the Study of Manuscript Culture (SFB 950,
>>>>> Universität Hamburg)
>>>>> http://www.manuscript-cultures.uni-hamburg.de/index_e.html
>>>>> https://cnrs.academia.edu/emmanuelfrancis
>>>>>
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>> --
>> Nagaraj Paturi
>>
>> Hyderabad, Telangana, INDIA.
>>
>>
>> BoS, MIT School of Vedic Sciences, Pune, Maharashtra
>>
>> BoS, Chinmaya Vishwavidyapeeth, Veliyanad, Kerala
>>
>> Former Senior Professor of Cultural Studies
>>
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>>
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>>
>>
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